diff --git a/extensions/ffmpeg/README.md b/extensions/ffmpeg/README.md
index fa7ac6b9fa..1f1b93ce53 100644
--- a/extensions/ffmpeg/README.md
+++ b/extensions/ffmpeg/README.md
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ COMMON_OPTIONS="\
     --enable-decoder=flac \
     " && \
 cd "${FFMPEG_EXT_PATH}/jni" && \
-git clone git://source.ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg ffmpeg && cd ffmpeg && \
+(git -C ffmpeg pull || git clone git://source.ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg ffmpeg) && cd ffmpeg && \
 ./configure \
     --libdir=android-libs/armeabi-v7a \
     --arch=arm \